Transportation
Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, July 17,
2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Indonesia to Invest $250 Million in Air Traffic
Management System
Link to story on Channel NewsAsia:
2) Google's Futuristic Airport Billboards Are
Interactive, Allow You to Download Content
Link to article in Fast Company:
3) Inflight – July/August 2013
Issue has a number of articles about onboard
communications.
Link to magazine:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) GPS Reveals Hurricane Wind Speed
Link to article in National Geographic:
5) States Not Waiting on Congress for GPS Tracking
Laws
Link to article in Roll Call:
MARITIME
6) UK Deploys eLoran to Protect Shipping Against
GPS Jamming
Link to article on PocketGPSWorld:
RAILROADS
7) Amtrak Blocked Hypnotist Site, Netflix from
Wi-Fi
Link to blog in U.S. News & World Report:
TRANSIT
8) A Novel Transit Rider Satisfaction Metric:
Rider Sentiments Measured from Online Social Media Data
Link to article in the Journal of Public
Transportation:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
9) Electronic Signs Fail to Alert Drivers of
Florida Bridge Closure
Link to story on WFTX-TV:
10) A Framework for Improving Travel Time Reliability
Link to report from the Transportation Research
Board:
VEHICLES
11) UK Government Approves Autonomous Cars on
Public Roads Before Year’s End
Link to article on Ars Technica:
12) US Driver Safety Group Sues Ford Over
Touch-Screen Systems
Link to Reuters article:
13) Future Nissans Will Get AT&T Connectivity
Thanks to SiriusXM Deal
Link to article on GigaOM:
Upcoming Events
Ports-to-Plains Alliance Conference – October 1-3
– Amarillo, Texas
Today in Transportation History
1938 **75th anniversary** Douglas ‘Wrong
Way’ Corrigan took off from Brooklyn on a flight he said he planned to end in
California. Instead, he landed in
Ireland.
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